The GAMCO Mathers Fund Ticker Symbol: MATRX

Portfolio Manager(s) Bios

Henry G. Van der Eb, CFA is Senior Vice President of GAMCO Investors, Inc. with a wide range of both investment and operating
responsibilities across the firm.

He joined GAMCO in October 1999 as President and Portfolio Manager of The GAMCO Mathers Fund
which he has managed for thirty years. Henry is a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of Chicago where he served as
President from 1979-80 and a Director from 1981-83. Henry received an MBA with honors from Northwestern University Graduate
School of Management in 1970 and a BA in Biology from Vanderbilt University.